De novo design: Backbone conformational constraints in nucleating helices and β-hairpins

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-199

  Balaram, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

hairpins; De novo design; Helices; Peptide design

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0032867522     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.1999.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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